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CAPT Charlie Plumb, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, POW
Charlie Plumb ended up in the U.S. Navy because money was tight for his family and it was a big economic relief when he was recommended and accepted …
2 years, 10 months ago
CMSgt. William Walter, USAF, Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm
William Walter joined the U.S. Air Force in 1976. Two years later he arrived at Hurlburt Field in Florida for AC-130 gunship training. Over the next …
2 years, 10 months ago
Maj. Michelle Curran, USAF, Afghanistan, Air Force Thunderbirds
Michelle Curran was a teenager when she was mesmerized by the roar and power of military jets. Soon she was off to ROTC in college. Within just a few…
2 years, 10 months ago
Brig. Gen. Charlie Duke, USAF, Apollo 16
Charlie Duke attended the U.S. Naval Academy but accepted a commission into the U.S. Air Force upon graduation. After early assignments, including se…
2 years, 11 months ago
Gary Sinise, Actor, Director, Veterans Advocate
While not a veteran himself, actor and director Gary Sinise is now synonymous with devotion to our active duty military, our veterans, and their fami…
2 years, 11 months ago
Col. Ed Hubbard, USAF, Vietnam, POW
Ed Hubbard has been fascinated by flight since he can remember. When he was a kid, his parents dropped him off to watch planes at the local airfield …
2 years, 11 months ago
Col. Ronald Webb, USAF, Vietnam, POW
Ronald Webb was commissioned as a U.S. Navy officer through the ROTC program at Indiana University. First trained as a navigator, Webb later received…
2 years, 11 months ago
Maj. Gen. John Raaen, Jr., U.S. Army, WWII, Brittany, The Bulge Part 3
John Raaen, Jr. entered the U.S. Military Academy in the summer of 1939, just weeks before World War II broke out in Europe. During his four years at…
3 years ago
Maj. Gen. John Raaen, Jr., U.S. Army, WWII, D-Day & Normandy Part 2
Just before 8 a.m. on June 6, 1944, U.S. Army Captain John Raaen, Jr., of the 5th Ranger Battalion, landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy as the Allies l…
3 years ago
Maj. Gen. John Raaen, Jr., U.S. Army, WWII, D-Day Part 1
John Raaen, Jr. grew up in an Army family and his father was a West Point graduate. Long before World War II, the Raaens were family friends with the…
3 years ago